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Getting gem5

The latest gem5 source code (including the encumbered files) is available via our Git repository host at https://gem5.googlesource.com. It is strongly recommend that you get a copy of gem5 by using git. You can get more info about the repository and git here. In additional to the main git repository, there is a mirror on GitHub (we can't currently accept pull requests on GitHub) and a Mercurial mirror. Keep in mind that the mirrors are read only. New code can only be submitted to the main git repository.

Official git repository

Steps for getting a copy of the source code:

Install git. This is available in the git package on Ubuntu and Redhat and OS X macports or home-brew.

Clone the development repository git clone https://gem5.googlesource.com/public/gem5.

After you clone the repository you can update it by typing git pull. Read the documentation on this page for more info on using git.

Mercurial mirror

NOTE: The Mercurial mirror is read-only.

Install Mercurial if you don't have it already. This is available in the mercurial package on Ubuntu and OSX Brew.

Clone the repository: hg clone http://repo.gem5.org/gem5

After you clone the repository you can update it by typing hg pull and hg update.

TAR dumps

If you want to download gem5 without installing Mercurial, you can get a tarball. But it will be more difficult to merge in changes when you need to update to new version. Tagged stable versions can be downloaded from GitHub.

Useful Software not in git

Full-System Stuff

You would need one or more of the following files to full system simulations using gem5. If you download these files, read this page for instructions on how to install these files.

IMPORTANT NOTE These links may reference old versions of gem5, Linux, or benchmarks. It is your responsibility to ensure you are using the correct infrastructure for your research!

gem5 FS cheat scripts -- A set of scripts that will build gem5, download required images, and much much more. These scripts are documented, be sure to understand what they are doing!

ARM
- ARM Full-System Files -- Pre-compiled kernel and disk images for 32-bit and 64-bit ARM simulation. Updated October 2014. There kernels all support PCIe devices and the 64-bit kernels support >2GB of DRAM.
- Legacy ARM Full System Files -- A collection of previous ARM files that have been distributed. Anyone getting started with ARM and gem5 should use the above link.
- BBench for gem5 -- Full-system Android files and BBench, a web-browser benchmark.
- AsimBench for gem5 -- Full-system Android files for AsimBench, a benchmark suite containing various types of mobile applications.
X86
- Full System Files -- The kernel used for regressions, an SMP version of it, and a disk image
- config files -- Config files for both of the above kernels, 2.6.25.1 and 2.6.28.4
(The mkblankimage.sh script to create a blank disk image that used to be downloadable here is now included in the m5 repository, in the util directory.)
Alpha
- Full System Files -- Pre-compiled Linux kernels, PALcode/Console code, and a filesystem
  - Unchanged since M5 2.0 beta 3. If you already have these you don't need them again.
- linux-dist -- Everything you need to create your own disk image and compile everything in it from scratch

Benchmarks

For information about running Android on gem5 and using the web browser benchmark, see BBench-gem5.
For information about running the AsimBench benchmark on Android with gem5, see AsimBench for more information.
For information about using the DaCapo benchmarks on gem5 see the DaCapo benchmarks page for more information.
SPLASH benchmarks -- See the Splash benchmarks page for more information.

Pre-compiled Cross-compilers

Externally supplied cross compilers:

Ubuntu users can simply install ARM compilers with the crossbuild-essential-armhf and libc6-dev-armhf-armel-cross packages for 32-bit ARM and crossbuild-essential-arm64 and libc6-dev-arm64-cross for 64-bit ARM.
MIPS cross compilers from CodeSourcery

All generated with crosstool for x86 linux hosts/linux targets

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-We are '''no longer distributing specific releases of M5 as tarballs.'''  The latest M5 source code (including the alpha-system and encumbered files) is available via our Mercurial repository host at http://repo.m5sim.org.  If you want to download the latest stable copy of M5 without installing Mercurial, you can get a tarball from that site via [http://repo.m5sim.org/m5-stable/archive/tip.tar.bz2 this link]. However, we '''strongly''' recommend that you get a copy of M5 by using Mercurial and the instructions on [[Repository|this]] page.
-This page hosts only useful stuff that is not in mercurial and obsolete releases for history's sake.
-== Useful Stuff Not In Mercurial ==
+=== Getting gem5 ===
+The latest gem5 source code (including the encumbered files) is available via our Git repository host at https://gem5.googlesource.com. It is '''strongly''' recommend that you get a copy of gem5 by using git. You can get more info about the repository and git [[Repository|here]]. In additional to the main git repository, there is a mirror on [https://github.com/gem5/gem5 GitHub] (we can't currently accept pull requests on GitHub) and a [http://repo.gem5.org Mercurial mirror]. Keep in mind that the mirrors are read only. New code can only be submitted to the main git repository.
-=== Full-System Stuff ===
+==== Official git repository ====
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/m5_system_2.0b3.tar.bz2 Full System Files] -- Pre-compiled Linux kernels, PALcode/Console code, and a filesystem
+Steps for getting a copy of the source code:
-** Unchanged since M5 2.0 beta 3. If you already have these you don't need them again.
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/linux-dist.tgz linux-dist] -- Everything you need to create your own disk image and compile everything in it from scratch
+* Install git. This is available in the git package on Ubuntu and Redhat and OS X macports or home-brew.
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/mkblankimage.sh.gz Blank image script] -- Shell script to create a blank disk image (with a partition table like M5 requires) of a given size
+* Clone the development repository <code>git clone https://gem5.googlesource.com/public/gem5</code>.
+* After you clone the repository you can update it by typing <code>git pull</code>. Read the documentation on [[Repository|this]] page for more info on using git.
+==== Mercurial mirror ====
+'''NOTE:'''  The Mercurial mirror is read-only.
+* Install Mercurial if you don't have it already. This is available in the mercurial package on Ubuntu and OSX Brew.
+* Clone the repository: <code>hg clone http://repo.gem5.org/gem5</code>
+* After you clone the repository you can update it by typing <code>hg pull</code> and <code>hg update</code>.
+==== TAR dumps ====
-=== Benchmarks ===
+If you want to download gem5 without installing Mercurial, you can get a tarball. But it will be more difficult to merge in changes when you need to update to new version. Tagged stable versions can be downloaded from [https://github.com/gem5/gem5/releases GitHub].
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/m5_benchmarks/v1-splash-alpha.tgz SPLASH benchmarks] -- See the [[Splash benchmarks]] page for more information
-===Pre-compiled Cross-compilers===
+== Useful Software not in git ==
-All generated with [http://www.kegel.com/crosstool/ crosstool] for x86 linux hosts/linux targets
-* Alpha: [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/alpha_crosstool.tar.bz2 gcc-3.4.3],  [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/alpha-gcc-4.1.1-glibc-2.3.5.tar.bz2 gcc-4.1.1 (NPTL,x86/64)]
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/arm_crosstool.tar.bz2 ARM]
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/sparc64_crosstool.tar.bz2 SPARC64]
+=== Full-System Stuff ===
+You would need one or more of the following files to full system simulations using gem5. If you download these files, read [[ Introduction#Getting Additional Tools and Files|this]] page for instructions on how to install these files.
-== Obsolete Revisions ==
+'''IMPORTANT NOTE''' These links may reference old versions of gem5, Linux, or benchmarks. It is your responsibility to ensure you are using the correct infrastructure for your research!
-You shouldn't really need anything here; it's just historical. Repositories of all these files are available, these versions are no-longer maintained. You should either get a tarball or clone the repository (see above).
-=== Full-system Files ===
+[https://github.com/cirosantilli/linux-kernel-module-cheat gem5 FS cheat scripts] -- A set of scripts that will build gem5, download required images, and much much more. These scripts are documented, be sure to understand what they are doing!
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/linux_patches.tar.bz2 Linux Patches] -- A patch queue of diffs against various linux kernels. It's intended to be applied on top of a mercurial repository of the linux tree as a mercurial queue (MQ). Diffs add more than 4 processor support, and fix a bug in the NSgigE device driver, add M5 debugging facilities, and skip wait loops.
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/tsb_osfpal BigTsunami PAL code] -- Modified PAL code to support more than 4 processors on Alpha Tsunami.
-=== M5 2.0 Beta 5 ===
+* ARM
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/m5_2.0b5.tar.bz2 M5 2.0b5] -- M5 2.0 Beta 5 release tarball.
+** [http://www.gem5.org/dist/current/arm/ ARM Full-System Files] -- Pre-compiled kernel and disk images for 32-bit and 64-bit ARM simulation. Updated October 2014. There kernels all support PCIe devices and the 64-bit kernels support >2GB of DRAM.
-** There are a couple of important cache patches available on the mailing list [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.m5.users/2598 here] and [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.m5.users/2608 here].
+** [[Legacy ARM Full System Files]] -- A collection of previous ARM files that have been distributed. Anyone getting started with ARM and gem5 should use the above link.
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/m5_2.0b5_encumbered.tar.bz2 M5 2.0b5 encumbered files] -- M5 2.0b5 encumbered (i.e. non-free) files.
+**  [[BBench-gem5|BBench for gem5]] --  Full-system Android files and [http://bbench.eecs.umich.edu BBench], a web-browser benchmark.
-**These are now compiled in along with the M5 code using [[extras]].
+** [[AsimBench |AsimBench for gem5]] --  Full-system Android files for [http://asg.ict.ac.cn/projects/asimbench AsimBench], a benchmark suite containing various types of mobile applications.
-**<b>They aren't needed unless you require a feature they provide (most notably eio trace support).</b>
+* X86
-*[http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/m5_system_2.0b3.tar.bz2 M5 2.0b3 Full System Files] -- Pre-compiled Linux kernels, PALcode/Console code, and a filesystem
+**  [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/x86/x86-system.tar.bz2 Full System Files] -- The kernel used for regressions, an SMP version of it, and a disk image
-** Unchanged since beta 3. If you already have these you don't need them again.
+**  [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/x86/config-x86.tar.bz2 config files] -- Config files for both of the above kernels, 2.6.25.1 and 2.6.28.4
+* (The <code>mkblankimage.sh</code> script to create a blank disk image that used to be downloadable here is now included in the m5 repository, in the <code>util</code> directory.)
+* Alpha
+** [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/m5_system_2.0b3.tar.bz2 Full System Files] -- Pre-compiled Linux kernels, PALcode/Console code, and a filesystem
+*** Unchanged since M5 2.0 beta 3. If you already have these you don't need them again.
+** [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/linux-dist.tgz linux-dist] -- Everything you need to create your own disk image and compile everything in it from scratch
-=== M5 2.0 Beta 4 ===
+=== Benchmarks ===
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/m5_2.0b4.tar.bz2 M5 2.0b4] -- M5 2.0 Beta 4 release tarball.
+* For information about running Android on gem5 and using the web browser benchmark, see [[BBench-gem5]].
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/m5_2.0b4_encumbered.tar.bz2 M5 2.0b4 encumbered files] -- M5 2.0b4 encumbered (i.e. non-free) files.
+* For information about running the AsimBench benchmark on Android with gem5, see [[AsimBench]] for more information.
-**These are now compiled in along with the M5 code using [[extras]].
+* For information about using the [http://www.dacapobench.org DaCapo benchmarks] on gem5 see the [[DaCapo benchmarks]] page for more information.
-**<b>They aren't needed unless you require a feature they provide (most notably eio trace support).</b>
+* [http://www.gem5.org/dist/m5_benchmarks/v1-splash-alpha.tgz SPLASH benchmarks] -- See the [[Splash benchmarks]] page for more information.
-*[http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/m5_system_2.0b3.tar.bz2 M5 2.0b3 Full System Files] -- Pre-compiled Linux kernels, PALcode/Console code, and a filesystem
-** Unchanged since beta 3. If you already have these you don't need them again.
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/alpha-system.tar.bz2 alpha-system] -- Code to build the alpha console and palcode
-** Added bugfix for >2GB of simulated memory
-=== M5 2.0 Beta 3 ===
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/m5-2.0b3.tar.bz2 M5 2.0b3] -- M5 2.0 Beta 3 release tarball.
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/m5-2.0b3-encumbered.tar.bz2 M5 2.0b3 encumbered files] -- M5 2.0b3 encumbered (i.e. non-free) files. These are overlaid on the M5 2.0b3 release if you want them. <b>They aren't needed unless you require a feature they provide (most notably eio trace support).</b>
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/m5_system_2.0b3.tar.bz2 M5 2.0b3 Full System Files] -- Pre-compiled Linux kernels, PALcode/Console code, and a filesystem
-=== M5 2.0 Beta 2 ===
+===Pre-compiled Cross-compilers===
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/m5-2.0b2.tar.bz2 M5 2.0b2] -- M5 2.0 Beta 2 release tarball.
+Externally supplied cross compilers:
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/m5-2.0b2-encumbered.tar.bz2 M5 2.0b2 encumbered files] -- M5 2.0b2 encumbered (i.e. non-free) files. These are overlaid on the M5 2.0b2 release if you want them. <b>They aren't needed unless you require a feature they provide (most notably eio trace support).</b>
+* Ubuntu users can simply install ARM compilers with the crossbuild-essential-armhf and  libc6-dev-armhf-armel-cross packages for 32-bit ARM and crossbuild-essential-arm64 and libc6-dev-arm64-cross for 64-bit ARM.
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/m5_system_2.0b1.tar.bz2 M5 2.0b1 Full System Files] -- Pre-compiled Linux kernels, PALcode/Console code, and a filesystem <b> These haven't changed since 2.0b1</b>
+* [http://www.codesourcery.com/sgpp/lite/mips/portal/subscription3130 MIPS cross compilers from CodeSourcery]
-=== M5 2.0 Beta 1 ===
+All generated with [http://www.kegel.com/crosstool/ crosstool] for x86 linux hosts/linux targets
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/m5_2.0b1p1-overlay.tgz Patch 1] -- An overlay patch for 2.0b1; go into your m5 directory and untar this to overwrite changed files.  Mostly just minor bug fixes.
+* Alpha: [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/alpha_crosstool.tar.bz2 gcc-3.4.3],  [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/alphaev67-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.bz2 gcc-4.3.2, glibc-2.6.1 (NPTL,x86/64)], [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/alphaev67-unknown-linux-gnu-x86-32.tar.bz2 gcc-4.3.2, glibc-2.6.1 (NPTL,x86/32)]
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/m5_2.0b1.tar.bz2 M5 2.0b1] -- Includes testing infrastructure, and Alpha PAL/Console code
+* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/sparc64_crosstool.tar.bz2 SPARC64]
-* [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/m5_system_2.0b1.tar.bz2 M5 2.0b1 Full System Files] -- Pre-compiled Linux kernels, PALcode/Console code, and a filesystem
-=== Really Old Versions ===
-*  [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/old/m5_1.1.tar.gz M5 1.1 Source Tree]
-*  [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/old/m5_system_1.1.tar.bz2 M5 1.1 Full System Files]
-*  [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/old/m5_1.0_web.tar.gz M5 1.0 Source Tree]
-*  [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/old/m5_system_1.0.tar.bz2 M5 1.0 Full System Files]
-*  [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/old/linux-dist-0.7.0.tgz Deprecated linux-dist]
-*  [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/old/m5base.tar.gz Slightly modified Linux 2.6.8.1 source tree]
-*  [http://www.m5sim.org/dist/current/linux_m5-2.6.8.1.diff Linux 2.6.8.1 diff] -- Diff against Linux 2.6.8.1 to add more than 4 processor support, and fix a bug in the NSgigE device driver
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